4K VS 1080p Blu-Ray VS DVD VS iTunes/UltraViolet - Review Comparison
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ต.ค. 2024
- (Test starts at 0:22 mark) This is a picture comparison of a 4K Blu-Ray player, a 1080 HD Blu-Ray Player, a DVD, an Apple TV streaming an iTunes digital download and a phone AirPlaying an Ultraviolet digital download. The same films were used in the comparisons, on the same television.
This battle of the best picture quality shows what each device looks like at their default factory settings AND their optimal picture settings. With a lot of terms thrown at people like UHD and HDR, or the difference between 2160p and 1080 may be confusing for some, the real question is "What looks best on my TV?". This review will clearly show what you can expect to see on each device. Feel free to ask any questions/comments/suggestions below.
For those interested in the devices and settings used here they are:
4K HDMI Cable 1
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4K HDMI Cable 2
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4K Blu-Ray Player
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Normal 1080 Blu-Ray Player
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4K TV
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TV Settings
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4K Blu-Ray Player Settings
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Watching this video in 144p. Couldn't see any difference.
lol
Sams 🤣🤣
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You live in africa? Did you use hanger wire to charge your 144p device? 🤠 jk.. you funny basterd.
4K = UGLY !!!!
The movie will be more ugly with 4K than blu ray !!!!!
Blu ray is better !
Blu ray looked the best in my opinion
I agree with you
tv doesn't support HDR and it's a 2015 model. Big difference between 2015 M series vizio and 2016 M series. the only reason the 4K video looked bad is because he needed to adjust the settings. You have to experience 4K with HDR first hand to see the improvements over Blu-ray.
NMEMEDIC1 This test was not to compare HDR, its to compare 4K. Not all 4K TVs are HDR, not all HDR TVs are 10-but. Of course, if I were to have one of the best TVs on the market and the most expensive 4K player, I would have the best picture. I made sure to mention the type of TV/Player/settings in the description so there was no misinformation. I have witnessed much higher-end 4K HDR10 quality and I agree with you that it's a great picture. Many friends family of mine have 4K TVs, and maybe half of the are HDR10 or Dolby Vision. Too many people view 4K videos on TH-cam and think that any/all 4K items will deliver the best picture ever, which is false. As this test shows, "4K" alone will not deliver the picture that everyday buyers are expecting from the "hype". Comparing HDR verses non-HDR would be a completely different test/topic.
Davie Films Also tv size matters as well. 60" and higher is proper for 4K res. I have a 60" LG UH8500, 4K is a pretty good difference. Also some 4K movies weren't shot at true 4K res. Some are 2K and upscaled to 4K.
Pacific Rim is not 4K. It's just upscaled HD image. You should've tried native 4K like Lucy. And as others have said, UHD is about HDR and not resolution primarily.
But that makes 4K irrelevant for any TV under 50". 1080p with HDR would give pretty much the same effect, but for a lot less money without the gimmicky resolution.
Asada Coehlo Wrong, actually. Since 4K has 4 times as many pixels, that means brighter colors can be more easily represented. Besides, I don't think we'll ever see a 1080p TV with HDR released in the future, and there isn't really any content in 1080p HDR, where as 99% of all 4K content is also HDR. And prices will drop, they already have a lot.
I honestly think the reason the blu ray looks almost identical to the 4k blu ray is because the blu ray is getting upscale on your 4k TV. Have a blu ray play on a full HD TV side by side to a uhd movie playing on a 4k TV and the difference is pretty stunning
Great video and comparison. Honestly HDR is where the 4K UHD format really shines IMO.
3:03 "the difference between DVD and Bluray is obvious, but the difference between 4K and 1080 is definitely not as obvious"
That's because Pacific Rim was only mastered at 2K resolution. It's effectively still 1080p on the 4K disk: realorfake4k.com/my-product/pacific-rim/
Hollywood is scamming consumers with poor transfers like this, and it's just sad how many people in the Movie Industry (including enthusiasts) actually want 4K to fail.
Right! 4k Blu rays are a ripoff unless plan on spending $700 + on a 4k HDR TV and even then which HDR? Also I refuse to buy a TV if it doesn't have 120 or 240 hertz
And don't forget about DTS:X and Dolby Atmos, two epic object audio formats. Most Blu-rays are still just DTS-HD MA or Dolby TrueHD and DVD is Dolby Digital only.
ColonielLizardT4 Atmos/DTS:X is just as important to me as picture quality.
AR Media I agree
Couple of things stood out to me.
1) It doesn't seem like the test TV is HDR capable, Its an entry-level TV with probably low nits, so even with HDR the difference would probably not be that great since it doesn't get as bright. But the referenced TV seems to be one of those early 'just 4K only' Tv's.
2)4K movie's selling point is about more then just resolution now, they've added HDR (High Dynamic Range) which increases brightness and color spectrum. Dolby Vision is currently the best form of HDR out right now, without even reaching it max potential until more advanced 12-bit TV's come out.
3)4K movies almost all of them now have an Atmos track which has more accurate placement of sound in speakers and allows 'height' effects to create sound overhead.
4) He have no idea about TVs.
5) He have no idea about neutral settings and real color accuracy.
@@Gersemi_Traderbro its a $300 dollar cheap tv it dont have HDR
AND....He put's the video on youtube in 1080p instead of 4k. 🤨
4K BLU RAY IS FOR 4K TV
HecticGunner yes
Doesn't matter standed bluray dont look that bad
This is not a valid comparison when it comes to color between 4k and BD. Those films are encoded to be displayed in HDR. And being that your tv and player used for this comparison are down scaling the colors, we're not getting native results. The BD is displayed properly on your 8-bit panel. Upgrade to HDR and the resolution of 4k will become more apparent.
3:03 "the difference between DVD and Bluray is obvious, but the difference between 4K and 1080 is definitely not as obvious"
That's because Pacific Rim was only mastered at 2K resolution. It's effectively still 1080p on the 4K disk: realorfake4k.com/my-product/pacific-rim/
Hollywood is scamming consumers with poor transfers like this, and it's just sad how many people in the Movie Industry (including enthusiasts) actually want 4K to fail.
And the video was shot in 1080p as well!
How will the resolution of 4K be more noticeable when HDR doesn't have anything to do with how many pixels there are?
The resolution of 4K is noticeable when set up against 1080p. 4k alone set beside 4k with HDR is noticeable by the color range not the resolution. The resolution is the same but the colors are more saturated and vibrant with HDR, that is what High Dynamic Range is for! colors not resolution.
He has a 4k TV
Your TV might not support HDR If the model you put the link in is correct. It says HDR was not part of this model you wont get those nice rich colors you wanted.
Grim Reaper Entertainment, doesn't the disc player also play a big role in how well a disc performs? I don't remember him saying what 4k player he used... :/ could be a combination of both cheap player and non-hdr uhd tv.
Meh, the player doesn't matter THAT much. People seriously over rate the importance of the players. A standard Xbox one S should give a great picture with hdr.
HOWEVER, the tv is very important. A lot of companies claim that their tv's support HDR however if you look at the fine print, it states that they support the playback of 10 bit files and that it won't actually play it in 10bit since the tv is only 8 bit.
I do believe that the guy in the video does have an 8bit tv so the tests aren't exactly accurate
+TheMysteriousKnight, hmmm... got it. Thanks!
Real Paranormal Oahu this is the player www.amazon.com/Samsung-UBD-K8500-Wi-Fi-Blu-ray-Player/dp/B01A9V6OI6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1483821910&sr=1-1&keywords=4k+blu+ray+player
+Davie Films, right on.
VHS is the best format it is superior to DVD and Blu Ray
adam luck Yay VHS 😍😍
not sure if serious
Btw, it's spelled Blu-ray, not Blue Ray. I don't wanna be rude, just saying
Betamax
DisneyAndRobloxFan yucky fuck vhs doofus.
It’s your bad tv that messes up the colours. If you did this video in a Sony ZD9 it would look a million times better
It probably is mentioned several times already but I do feel I have to state it yet again. 4K on it's own doesn't do that much. It's the HDR that does the real magic. If your TV doesn't have that functionality it basically makes it useless. I also need to point out that not all physical media are created equal. I have blu ray discs that look worse than certain DVD's (played and upscaled on same PS3). There are so many other things that play a role when it comes to image quality.
If you want to do a real test, use a proper 4K UHD/HDR TV with Wide Color and 10-bit panels then you will notice the difference. Using a cheap budget "4K TV" then telling everyone "Oh, there's no difference" is just stupid and completely disingenuous.
Michelle Alexandria shut the fucking fuck up regular blu-ray disc's are freaking fucking fuck epic better even on ps3 ps4 and xbone consoles.
Michael Murietta wow, not even an intelligent sounding troll.
So you need to spend $5000 to see a tiny difference (if that) while bluray looks great?
Ronan Dee wtf are you talking about? You can get a proper HDR Enabled TV for less than $1,300 NOT $5,000. Depending on what you are watching the difference is noticeable, whether you want to pay that is up to you. But don't be willfully ignorant and spread stupidity. The point of the video is to show the difference and when the test isn't even using an HDR TV, much less a 10 bit/wide color panel.
Michelle Alexandria I was wondering the same things that you said. I didn't hear anything about UHD. It seems like the set up isn't trying to display the colors available... thus making it look worse. I'm still learning about 4K tvs, but I do know that too many people aren't doing the proper research in buying tvs, and then go and make inaccurate tests.
I know it wasn't the point of this video as you've pointed out in the comments multiple times, but as a general observation IMO HDR is more noticeable of an improvement over 1080P than simply 4K resolution alone. Reason I say this is because I had the same Vizio M65 without HDR and upgraded to a 65" Samsung KS8000 with HDR10 and it's a night/day difference. So much better. It's a shame so many non-HDR sets were sold in 2013-2015 because they were really kind of a sham IMO. It's like they half-assed them because HDR wasn't matured enough yet. Guess that's consumer electronics for ya. :)
crt tv=dvds
hdtv=blu-ray discs
4ktv=ultra hd bluray discs
As one Video Creator to another THANK YOU for jumping into the video. It is so annoying when people spend 10 minutes talking about what they're going to do instead of just SHOWING IT! This is the PERFECT layout for a video.
See here's the problem, you were using fake 4K BD's with upscaled 1080p images rather than real 4K scans.
DVD doesn't look that bad. Not on my TV at least.
DVD is 480p or less lol
Difference is really noticeable for me when I compare DVD and normal blu ray on my 4k 60' TV.
It's probably less noticeable on a 1080p TV with less screen size
Same
DVD looks the worst. Buy a better tv
Dvd is still completely usable to me
Are you sure you didn't hook up your DVD player with lowly composite video? Or have it set to interlaced instead of progressive scan?
Does dvd look better on a matt screen then glossy screen
DVD isn't bad quality, it's just that they look really bad on modern LCD and Plasma TVs. They look great on old CRT TVs
I agree, in fact compared to old VHS tapes, DVD looks stunning. It's just that we're getting so used to 1080p and 4K that lower quality becomes "painful" to look at.
The reason 4k doesn't look so impressive is that many directors are still using 2k cameras to film, so it's upscaled to 4k.
Or movies are shot at 4K or more, but have 2K Digital Intermediates. In worst cases, movies are shot in 2.8K and finished in 2K which makes a 4K BluRay almost pointless.
And this video is shot in 1080p!
Or because he recorded it in 1080p
Nowdays a lot of movies are being shot in 6k or 8k and downscaled to 4k. Many movies are also partially shot in IMAX which has an effective resolution of 12k (its film ik like I said effictive resolution)
a few its to expensive especially CGI
It's harder to tell on TH-cam with compression and all. That's what happens when you upload something. Also you're using a Vizio lmao. If you guys wanna get the most out of your 4K movies buy an OLED 4K tv. Also not all 4K movies are equal or true 4K.
I got a LG CX and use my ps5 for ultra 4k and it amazing why u using a Vizio tho ?
Nice comparison and good tips to consider changing TV's colour settings for better results.
However, have you ever considered to change/check the HDMI cable that 4K capable, as cheap cables - not 4K ones - can change the results, that is my opinion.
Is your DVD configured to interlaced or progressive ? This makes a big difference
Thanks for posting this video! I couldn't see the picture quality difference between a DVD and Blu-ray until I saw your side-by-side comparison. It's more detailed. I saw the pores on a face on Blu-ray but not on DVD.
Very good video. I prefer Disc over streaming anytime. The difference between 4k streaming vs 4k Disc is MORE prominent when there is fast moving action scenes. The streaming loose detail and pixelates. While fast action remains clear on the 4k Disc. You should do segment to compare that. Thx
I just recently heard of this 4K resolution. And after spending a ton on my blu-ray collection, there's supposed to be something better? From what I've read and heard so far, I'm gonna stick with blu-ray. Your video helped, so thank you.
Rockillswich26 at the moment there's really only one native 4K blu ray 4K you can buy, and that's planet earth 2. reviews say it's mind blowing. we're just waiting for studios to stop giving us upscaled to 4K, digital intermediate stuff etc.
I don't own a 4k tv, but I say 4k has a slight sharpness over 1080p. What until 4k price lower, make sure the movie is native 4k, get an appropriate size 4k tv for your viewing distance, and hdr
when you're using a VIZIO set well you're gonna get some crap
UHD Blu-ray look the best I went out and got Jason borne 4K UHD Blu-ray just to see how good it looks and geez that movie didn’t have no flaws as far and clarity ... now as for Blu-ray that still looks good just for some laid back watching and if your own a budget .. dvd looks bad on my 4K tv
Not always 4K Blu-ray can suck 4K can actually be very dark and sometimes glitch when you watch a movie
Is 4k actually better than 4K but Blu Ray Movies have More bright spots and the movie looks more bright
Another 4k comparison that was shot in 1080p. You cant accurately portray 4k resolution when you shoot it with a 1080p camera!
You can if you zoom in to 1/4 size which is what it looks like he might have done.
Hi there!nice video!THEORETICALLY speaking it is a little unfair with the dvd image sharpness because of the high resolution display.to have a sharp dvd image you have to use lower res display like HD or CRT(with s-video/480i/576p or hdmi if supported) that would be a more fair test for image sharpness sharpness.Lower res. displays give far more sharp image for dvd then a 4K or FHD.Keep up the good work!
4K will look way better than bluray on a larger screen. You can only upscale blurays so much. 4K will look awesome on an 85" screen, bluray not so much.
4k looks better are u kidding me 4k trash!!!!!!!! 4K GARBAGE 4K GARBAGE 4K GARBAGE!!!!🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 DVD CD 1080P AND VHS IS BETTER!!!!
@stonesfan285 What is the screen most people own, and at what distance from screen do they sit? Again, on an 85" screen, Blu-ray is not looking its best. You can sit further away, but most people's living rooms are only so big.
@@scottyhehehe5367that because the bluray Was made to display. It on 1080p tvs or even 1080p monitors
@@Mariofans-gn1lu You sound poor.
@@tlothompson6935How can you be poor for having? 1080p bluray with a 1080p tv Even if it's not mentioned
Great test but I’d like to see it done on a UHD certified LG OLED instead of the Vizio. Also, what kind of 4K Blu-ray player are you using?
What is better 2160web or 1080p bluray? Thx
Depends on what your streaming on and WiFi. Let’s just say you’ve got good wifi and the service you’re on has HDR plus a good transfer then 2160p. Now let’s say 2160p doesn’t have hdr then about same unless the blu ray has a better transfer
@@Dreyz-pg2zz i download and watch on tv
Why would people wanted to use 1080p bluray on the a 4K television if you can just use ultra 4k bluray on that kind of tv If you have regular bluray stay with non 4k tv Because the motion on 1080p look awful bluray look bad upscaling
I know this video is super old, so I’m sure you know this by now, but I wished the video compared a movie that was actually shot on film. Due to the amount of special effects used in Pacific Rim and WoW, the highest those pixels would ever go was always going to be 2k.
So, I have like 300 DVDs. So buyng a 4K TV, is kinda out of the question for me.
dvds using a 30 year old codec that is mpeg2 and secondly its Standard definition its an outdated 25 year old technology all disc just need to get recycled
Not all 4K movies are mastered at 4K most are mastered at 1080p and then upscaled to 4K cuz of cost and time when editing. Raw 4K movies are basically those without specials effects like a documentary about animals and stuff. That’s why u do not notice big difference on some movies not mastered at 4K
Hate to say it but your tv is hurting your 4k experience. Not having Dolby Vision or HDR 10+ is dramatically hurting your experience. That 4k tv is not giving you a great experience.
This video is from 2017, not sure if those things were even created but they were pretty uncommon and expensive af
Is it me or does blueray look better and more fluent?
Nope, I said same and people are in denial. 4k looks dark and hazy. Blu ray I notice details I can’t see with 4k
DVD's look very good on my PC and TV.. nothing like you showed..
tHIS ISTHE BEST EXPLANATION OF 4K THAT i HAVE EVER SEEN . i GAVE UP ON 4K BECAUSE i COULD NEVER GET A GOOD PICTURE AT ALL. nOW i CAN THANKS TO VIEWING THIS .
Yeah at the time of this video recording (Last Year). There wasn't that much difference between a Blue-Ray and a 4k disk (when played both on the same UHD player/TV). However, since then newer TVs, Players, and improved decoding have came out which help make a bigger difference. Say around 62% depending on which film you playing on said device/display. Plus to get a bigger difference. One needs to play a Blue-Ray on a basic, non-upscaling, blueray player and the 4k in a UHD player. Since if you put the BR into a uhd it naturally get around a 18% bump in quaintly. Great Video either way. An still relevant for those who still on the fiance whether or not to jump onto the 4k format bandwagon or wait a few more years for pricing to come down/more options to pick from. Have a good day.
Edit: Also, if you want to see a 4K transfer that will knock your socks off -- pick up a copy of "Life of Pi"
The encoding has not changed. 4K UHD discs have always been encoded in HEVC/H265.
I know this comment is over 2 years old, but I wanted to clarify that I said " Decoding" -- But you are correct that the Encoding have remained the same since 4K Disk came out. And by Decoding I mean how the Player decodes the data and how the TV process the HDR signal. Back then TV had a horrible habit of crushing blacks and blowing out highlights.
TRUE 4K actually has 4x the resolution than 1080p and HDR is night-and-day to SDR, your TV is a old model, with no TRUE HDR support, poor peak HDR brightness, movie was finished at 2K NOT 4K, shouldve used a live-action movie with a TRUE 4K rescan of original film elements (Like Léon: The Professional) or a movie digitally filmed in 4K, with 4K CGI, and finished at 4K (Like The Dark Knight).
Uninformed and biased
PS: 2K only has about 50% more pixels than 1080p, compared to 4K which has 426% more pixels than 1080p, so 2K is analogous to 1080p
@Jamie Smith I'm not sure how I got my numbers for the 2k to 1080p comparison looking back, but they are 2 different resolutions, with 2K having about 100 more pixels horizontally. They arent equivalent but they might as well be treated as such
Jamie Smith 1080p/full hd is 1,920x1,080. 2k has more pixels horizontally since it's 2,048 wide. 2k = fullhd/1080 is not technically accurate
did u use a dvd player or a bluray player for the dvd?
Perfect video was trying to see if I should be collecting blue ray movies over normal dvd and blue ray is way clear and crisp! Other videos didn’t show the comparison so Greta video
So will the dvd look better upscaled on a blu ray player?
No
Well depends. I think some but not all
The reason why people buy DVDs is they are cheaper plus most movies have a dvd release then a Blu Ray
DVD should die lot of people don't have crtv or 480p monitor
dvds were made for a crt tv for dvd portable player
@@Nickwilde2295well they can use a small HD TV and its fine.
I buy DVD for some movies because sometimes I think that the HD can be so high, that it makes all the CGI look fake.
Great comparison video. I really think the quality of your TV comes in to play with 4k. Had you opted for a LG, OLED, Samsung QLED, Panasonic or Sony you would unleash the potential of 4K. I'm not sure your Vizio model supports HDR so there's that.
With comparisons like this a professionally calibrated TV is a must!Otherwise you won't know if you are looking at an overblown image or if it's too dark, or if the colours are correct or not. Nice effort though
Just saw ghost in the Shell 1995 anime on DVD & had no visual problems. Not as blurry as people would have you believe. I did this because the Blu Ray version has horrible English subtitles.
@Mike P for me anything is better then pixels when watching a night scene or anything with a lot of black. I know the TV itself factors in plus streaming quality but fuck man I hate NES graphics popping in haha. Physical media is not obsolete.
Short, to the point. Thank you for that David!!
4K is for PG-13 movies. Basically violence movies.
4k is for pg pg 13 rated r not just for pg 13 only
Hdr gets a bad wrap because everyone is so used to bright smashed color ranges. High Dynamic Range is supposed to reveal MORE detail by expanding the amount of colors shown on the screen. The reason the colors look so different sometimes is becuase you're finally seeing what it's supposed to look like with the benefit of true blacks.
@Mike P with is closer. When a film is shot, an infinite amount of color is captured to the film. When the film is transferred and sampled to digital, an infinite amount of data is not possible. So HDR does the next best thing and samples at 10 or 12 bits of color instead of the normal 8. So yes, HDR will always produce the closest to true colors. Movies that are shot digitally are different since it has to be shot in 10 or 12 bit to have more color, sadly i don't have a definite answer on hand as to what bit depth they shoot at.
@Mike P film does in fact have all that color 😅. The problem with that however is that the 10 and 12 bit depths that we are transferring to are really pushing this threshold where we can bo longer tell the difference. Film captures everything you point it at. Detail, color, you name it. It's just our usual methods of sampling them for dvd and blu day were not even close to presenting them at good quality because data rates were low. 4k UHD discs are able to hold so much more data where we can now show something close to the original film. Whenever we shoot on film it's already as best it's going to get. Digital is different because we can keep upgrading the parameters but the same issue applies. We will get to a point where there's no discernible difference.
Great comparison Thank you
how come hd bluray look bad on 4k tv
Wait so does this mean in order to watch your 4k blu ray you need to buy a blu ray 4 k player ?
And let’s say you use the digital code could you stream the digital 4k movie on a 4tv without needing a blue ray player?
BRO! You have a 2015 Vizio M series, it doesn't even have HDR!!! Look, you constructed a good video, but this is a HORRIBLE comparison to do using a TV that doesn't even support HDR... Also, I noticed you had judder and motion controls on, wtf!? SMH...
HDR is trash SDR is better scr the colors are more brighter for some reason hdrs too dark and sometimes HDR can glitch
Wow amazing comparison video. Just what I was looking for!
I'm not sure if it was mentioned, and I'm super late to the party, but Pacific Rim and Warcraft have 1080p masters upscaled to 4k. This is something you have to watch for when buying 4k movies. You only gain access to HDR and slightly higher fidelity due to a higher bit rate.
1080p bluray are not made to be upscale to 4k its meant to be displayed to 1080i to 1080p It doesn't have the 4k Motion thank you sir have a nice day
Pacific rim is one of my favourite sci-fi monster movies. The blu ray looks phenomenal. Thanks for the great video!
Thumbs down for not having eyes to see the 4K difference. HDR is fantastic. The difference is noticeable. Plus video should be in 4K.
One thing I wanted to add - if you think the iTunes 1080p stream and Blu-ray looked equally great, you need a better TV. iTunes streams (especially the downloads) are bitrate starved at 1080p and full of artifacts. I've done my own comparisons. Most times I choose the regular Blu-ray cause I just don't have that great of a TV. But I have had some 4K UHD discs and yes the image looks slightly sharper. The real benefit in 4K UHD is the HDR/Dolby Vision and immersive audio. There are some movies too that I'm okay with just having on a DVD with an upscaling player.
Vizio ain’t the best TV to be comparing with. You should have tried OLED. I recently wanted the original Star Ware trilogy on 4K on my OLED and it literally looked like they movies were made today, it was insane. Although I do agree that 4K isn’t as giant of a jump as DVDs from VHS and DVD to Blu-ray I would definitely recommend and research what to upgrade to 4K and those to not.
To all of those who can't tell the difference between 4K Blu-ray and 1080p Blu-ray, you all need to understand that in order to better tell the difference your 4K TV needs to be capable of HDR10 and/or Dolby Vision. Once you have those, 4K Blu-rays blow 1080p Blu-rays and especially DVDs (seriously, that format needs to just die) out of the water. And in the audio department, 4K Blu-rays has the two new epic object audio formats that you won't find on DVD at all and only on certain Blu-rays, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X.
Mike P I forgot about that one, you may also need a TV at least 55 inches or higher to see a even greater difference.
ColonielLizardT4 agree with you on the tv size
DVD is made for CRT TV it looks great.
dvds is made for a dvd portable player to look good
It seems it's not really a question of it Blu ray vs 4k but how it all depends on the transfer of that version of the movie, here the 4k transfer was clearly screwed up, but if both Blu ray and 4k transfers were equally competent then yes the 4k would look much better, however in this example I do agree, Blu ray looks best for this title, untill a new 4k transfer happens...
Also, maybe your 4k player is just a really bad one?
I still tend to buy Blu-ray. I have bought some 4K UHD when the mastering is better than the available Blu-ray (Terminator 2 for example). I do still have a couple of movies on DVD that never came out on Blu-ray (The Abyss, Bugsy, True Lies).
Question, did you check to ensure that the movies you chose were actually filmed in real 4K with the correct equipment or were those films upscaled to 4K and sold as such?
I just checked and both those movies are upscaled films. So that would have a huge affect on your testing vs 1080p Blu-ray. All and all I like this video comparison. Quick tip maybe adjusting exposure on your camera to correct for each film will have a better quality to viewers.
Thanks, a lot people fail to realise alot movies are shot 2k
Your TV is does not support HDR so why the hell are you complaining about 4K having bad colours when it's your TV that sucks? Also next time pick movie that is actually 4K and not just an upscale. Native 4K movies look incredibly detailed compared to 1080p...
SDR is better than HDR SDR is a lot brighter and not so dark for some reason HDR can glitch a lot on a 4K TV
Wrong color space. The TV is tuned for sRGB while the 4K Blu-Ray is supposed to be shown on a DCI P3 tuned TV.
Defug is ultra violet?? Never heard of it.
Its a digital version of blu ray and/or DVD via codes
Back when DVD was just out, my friend told me that VCD was really good enough for him.
dvds are the best picture for a dvd portable player to look good
A bit late to the party here, but the most important part of 4K discs is the HDR and not the resolution itself. If your tv has bad HDR support there is noe reason to go for a 4k player unnless you want the atmos track which then would require a decent home theater setup tp even sound right. And not every 4k disc is made equally, i would sa Life of Pi is probably the best one I have seen, with hdr the difference is insane. Also older movies restored for 4k with a new 4k scan of the 35mm film is where it really shines, getting all of the details out of movies from as far back as the 50s
What Blu-ray player 4K did you purchase is question number one because what you’re looking at is not 4K totally agree you’ve got something going on that isn’t I have 4K all my friends have 4K we use Sony 800 XP and don’t have this issue. If what you’re saying is true 4K would be dead there’s something going on that you either don’t have control of Raddson the 4K back because 4K does seem to do right that’s right somethings going on you better do some investigation it’s probably in your 4K oh I don’t know what kind of TV you’re playing into unfortunately Vizio doesn’t use the best components they don’t manufacture their own sense and that’s a poor judge even the answer is what you probably have or the AP still not the reference you need to use a high-grade TV to really demonstrate what 4K will do and there’s several out there that I made a recommendation to many people will be a series 6 mini LED in a 55 inch under $1000 and it’s a great TV do your reviews especially a new 2022 model
I used to have a Vizio but when I switched to Sony the picture and color on a 4k HDR tv was much better
Can I add that this may have potentially affected results but since this is a movie heavy with CGI, most of the rendering would have been done in 2k (Full HD) and therefore when transferred onto 4K bluray, you are still getting effectively the same quality of the standard Bluray. But also the 4K has HDR which will require a capable HDR display or will look very washed out as you have experienced. If you want to try another movie I would suggest something like 2001 a space Odyssey, from when I tested them the difference was obvious. Also one big advantage of 4K bluray beside picture is audio, with many attempting to place an Atmos soundtrack onto the disk which most blurays won't features. However, really enjoyed the review and you are highlighting a good point, that depending on your set up, the expensive content may not make a difference and everyone should get what works for them :)
Blu-Ray 1080 HD is still very good
@Mike P how come hd bluray look bad on 4k tv
bluray is more made for a tv
@@Mariofans-gn1lu Why you spamming on people
Well you are comparing them on a budget tv with 1/4 or less nitts of brightness and using a subpar UHD player to play content from.
Try a Samsung 82" Q80R QLED and a Panasonic UHD UB- 820 player, you will notice a significant difference. And though Disney+ UHD streaming looks very good, playing the actual hard copy through this player is phenomenal.
The Panasonic 820 player has the same hardware as it's top of the line 900 brother. You can also send your UHD audio signal separately from 4k video to make certain all 18gps bandwidth is dedicated to your video quality.
That DVD aint right, my oldest dvds can hit 8mbps, and the new ones use mabye 2.5mbps. This is the issue.
even 9mbps or 2 or 4 its the same think no difference it not just mbps its using a 30 year old codec that is mpeg2 and secondly its Standard definition its an outdated 25 year old technology all disc just need to get recycled
@@dmtd2388 Most all of cable TV is low bitrate mpeg2 24bit. Even those "HD" channels. Some early bluray dics were also mpeg2.
It's not a bad codec, its clean but with a large file size.
I prefer H264, until more video cards support h265 acceleration
But the bitrate absolutely makes all the difference.
4mpbs stream wouldn't look clean at all, but 8mbs is considered a youtube 1080p standard.
@@DarkLinkAD i know i am an IT and work for video productions not all stations are mpeg 2 anymore most moved to h264 and i am and what i mean on sd mpeg2 years its not much difference on HD its something totally different
1:29 The 4k in this scene looks way much better and can't be sure the colors in the other ones are not the ones that are off.
Yeah❤️
i use my panasonic dvd player from 1997 all the time and have no problem with how the picture quality is
I watch DVD all the time in my Blu Ray player. The BR upscales them. They look really good.
That’s the worst TV ever...
this is a great " Joe Average" review from the POV of someone who knows very little about video technology.
Defaults setting depending on what is it prepared to show neutral, performance or energy save. After this you may select what your eyes prefer to observe. Blue ray is balanced for standard. And like you said why by 4k if TV and computer aren't prepared to deliver real constant 4k (not that we see much of a diference in normal speed or high speed images (unless steady equipment is used). Although to those who prefer the images to tremble to give the realistic effect (damage deeply your eyes)
Well ur TV doesn't support HDR, that's why the colors on the 4k version look terrible
1080p on my 4k is clear enough on my my 43 inch 4k. I played stramger things in 4k and it looked worse then in 1080p. So 2160p tv at 1080p content 120hz for the win
I really don't care I would by Blu-ray and DVD seems like 4k is for people who only care about having the latest CD format.
If you think that then lock yourself in a room, do some research and educate yourself. Using morons like the one in the video as a point of reference is a poor start.
It seems that 4K requires quite a bit of calibration to look good. Blu-ray sometimes can look better than 4K.
For me enough, blu ray! I m not so excited about a 4K uhd hdr blu ray.
it's because your TV sucks and doesn't have real HDR. Try this test on an LG OLED and the 4K blows blu ray and streaming out of the water.
But could the source material also affect the results. It seems like you mainly chose dark movies? What about movies that have bright colours? Like Encanto or others?
as somebody mention before you dont see much difference in 4k vs Blue because the standard size for hollywood movies is 2k, only some Netflix series and movies are in native 4k or more.
You also need to consider that many 4K Blu-Rays are actually shot at less than 4K and / or finished at less than 4K. Legit 4K BluRays will have clear advantage over the standard 1080p Blu-Ray. I compared the bluray of "Jumanji" with the newly released 4K BluRay and the difference was there. Not only in the colors but in sharpness, picture clarity etc.
I'm curious to know if there's a big difference between 4K iTunes movies and 4K BluRays!
Mike P I know about streaming compression. But iTunes is far superior than Netflix and other streaming services because it has an higher bitrate since it’s owned content. In terms of audio, iTunes still lacks the 3D-Audio formats you mentioned.
Mike P iTunes is definitely better than Netflix, I can tell you. And its 4K HDR movies are damn close to their 4K Blu-Ray counterparts. I don’t have VUDU. I agree, they should improve the sound quality to be uncompressed, supporting both DTS-HD MA and TrueHD.
4ks a bit of a gimmick unless you've got an absurdly large screen.
Wait Blu-Ray is not 4K?
bluray is made for a hd tv to look good
ultra bluray is made for a 4k tv to look amazing
This Blu-ray player is not displaying HDR colors properly.
how come upscaling bluray is not good
SDR is still better than HDR SDR doesn't glitch and it doesn't have so much dark colors compared to SDR
My favorite is Blu Ray, currently ordinary 1080 Blu Ray, and the player I'm using is a Samsung BD-J5700(2015 model), and I have a 24 inch Vizio D24-D1 smart TV, my TV sux because it only has 1 HDMI port, and I can't hook up two HDMI devices at once, and if I use an HDMI splitter, my Blu Ray player will skip like crap, I wish my mom would've bought me a TV with more HDMI ports(at least 3 or 4)
Thank you so much for this video! I am planning on replacing all my dvds with blu rays but was doubting between blu rays and 4k. But now after this video I made up my mind and will just stick to buying blu rays! Merci!!!
DVD is my favorite
Same